Book description
Acclaimed Alaskan duo Debbie S. Miller and Jon Van Zyle bring the beautiful and mysterious arctic lands to life in this smart, stunning picture book.
Imagine a land where the sun rises at 1:58 a.m. in the summer and shines for less than four hours on a winter's day. The…
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1 author picked Arctic Lights, Arctic Nights as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Arctic Lights Arctic Nights is a recent book discovery for me, and I was instantly captivated.
It is a nonfiction that moves through a beautifully illustrated full year in the Arctic, from summer solstice to summer solstice.
The text was fun and informative, and I loved seeing statistics at the top of each page that show how much daylight there is on that date, when sunrise and sunset take place, and the average temperatures.
It was a great way to visualize the often-shocking light and temperature changes we go through every year in Alaska.
I was stunned by the beauty…
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